Assessing dioxin precursors in pesticide formulations and environmental samples as a source of octachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin in soil and sediment

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1472-1478

  Holt, Eva ^a,f   Von Der Recke, Roland ^b   Vetter, Walter ^b   Hawker, Darryl ^a   Alberts, Vincent ^c   Kuch, Bertram ^d   Weber, Roland ^e   Gaus, Caroline ^f  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^c QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^e POPs Environmental Consulting   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE FORMULATIONS; POLYCHLORINATED PHENOXYPHENOLS (PCPP);

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PESTICIDES; SEDIMENTS; SOIL POLLUTION; TOXIC MATERIALS;

POLLUTION DETECTION;

3,4,5,6 TETRACHLORO 2 (2,3,4,5,6 PENTACHLOROPHENOXY)PHENOL; DIOXIN; OCTACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; PENTACHLOROPHENOL; PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; POLYCHLORINATED PHENOXYPHENOL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PESTICIDES; POLLUTION DETECTION; SEDIMENTS; SOIL POLLUTION; TOXIC MATERIALS;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; DIOXIN; PCDD; PCDF; PCP; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SOIL POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; ISOMER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; RING CLOSING METATHESIS; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; UNITED STATES;

DIOXINS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; PESTICIDES; QUALITY CONTROL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 40949111463     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es071687r     Document Type: Article

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